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W. F.v REDDING,v 0F SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

` Lener@ Parent No. 66,520, dans .my 9, 1867.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-DRYER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY OONCERN:

Beit known that I, W. F, REDDING, of Saratoga` Springs, in the county of Saratoga, and State of New 'York have invented certain new and useful improvements in Clothes-Drying Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the followingus a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had toV the accompanying drawings, making'partof this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating like parts wherever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

My invention4 consists of a new and improved clothes-dryer for convenient use in the yard or on the top of the house, or other suitable place. In the drawings- A Figure 1 is a verticall sectional view on the line x a', fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the liney'g/ of tig. 1; and

Figure .4 is a plan view of the arms when removed from the-collar and tiedup.

I construct my clothes-dryer of a sol-ids square base, A,'and square post, upright, or standard B, framed firmly to it, At each corner of the base A I fasten an eye, a. Upon the square post B Iplace a sliding-tube, D, so as to move vertically; and upon the tube'V D I place a collar, E, which rotates horizontally, and rests upon a shoulder made around the tube. I can make `the tube long enough to receive two collars, one smaller than the other, and place them far enough apart to prevent the use of the upper one from interfering with the lower, 'and make two shoulders or bearings on the tube, as shown in iig. l. The collars E I provide with four hollow projections, as shown in, gs. 1 and 3, and into these projections `place arms C of any desired length. These arms are provided on their upper surfaces with eyes y', arranged toV stand parallel with them, except u'pon one a'rm on 'this arm they are arranged to stand at right angles with4 it, and are marked z. The cords or lines are fastened to the eyes b at one end; the other ends are passed through the eyes g, and are each provided. with aV hook to fasten 4to the eyes L after being passed through theveyes g, as shown in iig. 2. The collar E, arms C, and lines c, form a reel upon which the clothes are hung to dry. The post B I provide at a convenient'height with two bearings 6 and c, and far enough apart to receive the ends of the arms C( The lower bearing b is turned up a little at its outer end, and 1s made to project farther from the post than the upper bearing c, as

shown in iig. Y1. The upper bearing c receives and supports the sliding-tube D, with whatever may be attached` to it. i Near the upperend of the post, andon one side of it, I place a pulley, d, in a groove cut in it for that purpose; and at a convenient height from the bottom of the' post, in the vicinity of the bearing b, Iplace a` small windlass, F, provided with a ratchet and pawl, or hook, or strap, or any convenient device for holdngit4 in any desired position. To this windlass I attach one, end of a thin, flexible metallic strip, G, and pass the other end up over the pulley d, and down through a. groove, Z, on the inner side ofthe sliding-tube D, and. fasten it near the bottom or on the under side of the tube. 0n the top of the post B I placca4 cap, H. One of the arms C I provide with an eye, z', on its side, a'nd tothe same arm I attach a strap suiiiciently long to pass two er three times around the arms, when they are removed from the post and placed together, a'nd fasten or hook into 'this eye. These arms I keep tied up in this way when not in use; and when so tied up the hooks at the ends of the lines may also be fastened into the same eye. l

In using-my clothes-dryer I place the standard inany convenient place, whether upon the ground or on the top of my house; if upon the ground I fasten it by driving stakes or pins through the eyes a; if upon my house, then by hooks attached to cords fastened to the house, and caught into these eyes. -I then take out the arms C, which have been provided with the lines k, and tied together, and rest them between the bearings c b. Unhooking the strap which binds them together, VI placesthe arms C, one after the other, into the `hollow projections of the colla-r E, turning `each. arm fromme afteriit is so placed, and, after all are in position, hook the ends of the lines into 'the eyes z. This done, Vthe` clothes are placed `upon the lines, and the reel elevated by means o f the windlass to the position desired. When the clothes want to be removedV from th the reel, take down the arms, tie them up, and carry them-into the house till wanted again.

For elevating and lowering the reel, I prefer a thin, flexible metallic strip, for the reason that it is not Cord, or leather, or wire may be made to e lines,` I lower alTected `by the weather, and will lust an indefinite length of time.

answer a. similar purpose. The cup upon the post Vserves to protect it, as well as the pulley placedjust beneath it. By my method of putting up and taking down the arms, `they muy be used Whenever desired, and convcu. iently kept in the house, and, with the lines attached, protected from the wen-ther.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is-

1. The combination of the sliding-tube D, mounted onithe square post, und collar E, provided with recesses for supporting the arms, substantially as shown and described. Y

2. The metal belt` G, passing over the pulley d, and tting in the groove Z, when used in connection with the tube D and windlnss F for raising and lowering thereel, as herein set forth.

3. The blocks b c, or their equivalents, attached to the post for holding the arms when putting them up or taking them down, as shown and described.

4. Providing the base A with the staples a, for securing the -appara/tus in place, substantially es described.

W. F. REDDING.

Witnesses:

' P. T. DODGE,

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